Originally posted by SteveDaPirate
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ToT, a tactic the US employed in WWII is now old hat, the PDRK could unleash a barrage that had near simultaneous impact minimizing warning time, causing shock and making evacuation to shelters during the opening hour of the barrage exceedingly difficult.
I also think a counter battery rate of 1% per hour is optimistic. Sure modern fire finder radars can spot the tube as soon as it fires, maybe not so easy when that tube is one of hundreds. Its also going to take a lot of time to get the ROK and USAF into the air in force unless we detect the impending attack hours in advance. If it comes as a surprise its going to be several hours before a for real air campaign can get underway as munitions are broke out, targets assigned, missions briefed, all while under PDRK ballsitic missile attack which might employ not just HE but area denial cluster bombs or CBW warheads. If even one of those latter types gets through, an entire airbase can be shut down for a good length of time or even rendered inoperable for days/weeks. Even when the air effort does get off the ground, the allied air forces will have to take ingress/egress vectors that parallel the border and/or are high altitude to avoid all those shells in the air. This might maximize PDRK ADA meaning the air forces first mission is SEAD, not hunting artillery.
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